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To: Reaganite Republican

They forgot one:

When did Reagan cover up a disaster like Benghazi?

In 1983 debacle, Reagan escaped the blame game
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The Reagan administration immediately attempted to deflect blame for the attack with a deluge of false statements and misrepresentations. In a televised speech four days after the bombing, the president insisted the attack was unstoppable, erroneously declaring that the truck crashed through a series of barriers, including a chain-link fence and barbed-wire entanglements, and argued that the U.S. mission was succeeding.

Despite the fact that Reagan had dispatched the Marines into an impossible situation and then had issued orders that led to their inability to defend themselves, he suffered relatively little criticism from the press or partisan opponents, and after months of vigorous campaigning was overwhelmingly re-elected the following year.

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http://www.phillyburbs.com/entertainment/in-debacle-reagan-escaped-the-blame-game/article_0174fce9-b60c-5b6b-8934-915bd3c2bcf7.html


14 posted on 06/26/2014 9:41:20 AM PDT by huldah1776
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To: huldah1776

You are so WRONG... not even comparable situations....

I conclude you are not a Reagan fan....


16 posted on 06/26/2014 10:18:22 AM PDT by Nifster
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To: huldah1776
In 1983 debacle, Reagan escaped the blame game.

I remember when this happened, and Reagan did not escape blame; he certainly didn't escape criticism. The press were all over him for this as they later would be for Iran/Contra. Neither "scandal" really stuck because Reagan was so gosh-darned popular.

18 posted on 06/26/2014 10:44:18 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Psalm 14:1 ~ The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”)
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